mass cremations have been taking place next to the bagmati river , the waterway which divides the nepalese capital .
plumes of white , acrid smoke were seen floating across kathmandu as hundreds of bodies were burned in pyres .
city 's sacred temple overwhelmed with number of bodies while wood needed to make pyres is starting to run out .
almost every space along the river 's banks is being used for rites , despite hundreds more bodies still being found .